The Vancouver poet, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Kirsten McCormick is a name worth remembering. Her track “Thirty Something Else” is four and a half minutes of inner struggle and unexpected beauty. The song pulses – at times unfolding with loud, piercing vocals, then sinking low again.

Unusual guitar, wooden blocks, and a cowbell create a cinematic texture – it feels like you’re listening to a fragment of someone else’s life. And when, at the second minute, the track changes direction – from a measured rhythm to a powerful, passionate flow – all you want to do is turn up the volume and live through that moment with her.